17th Indiana Critics Shortlists

Although the Indiana journalists call this their nominations, they are in fact shortlists. Wicked: For Good is entirely shut out while The Naked Gun gets more mentions than it probably warrants. Their rules for getting on the shortlist don’t seem to be very particular and I’m guessing that it just takes one person to get it added to the list. Things should iron themselves out with future announcements from them.

Shortlist Tallies

(15) One Battle After Another
(11) Sinners
(10) The Plague
(8) Black Bag, Marty Supreme, Superman, Train Dreams
(7) Bugonia, Weapons
(6) 28 Years Later, Bob Trevino Likes It
(5) Frankenstein, No Other Choice, Splitsville, The Life of Chuck
(4) Hamnet, The Naked Gun
(3) If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Jay Kelly, Predator: Badlands, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(2) Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, It Was Just an Accident, The Legend of Hei 2, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Sentimental Value, The Testament of Ann Lee, Tron: Ares
(1) Are We Good?, Blue Moon, Cloud, Deaf President Now!, Disposable Humanity, Eddington, Fight or Flight, Friendship, Good Boy, Grand Theft Hamlet, Hacking at Leaves, Highest 2 Lowest, In Your Dreams, KPop Demon Hunters, Left-Handed Girl, Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, The Lost Bus, Mickey 17, Ne Zha 2, Orwell: 2+2=5, Pavements, The Perfect Neighbor, The Phoenician Scheme, Predator: Killer of Killers, Rental Family, The Secret Agent, Sorry, Baby, The Tenderness Tour, Universal Language, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Zootopia 2

The Shortlists

Best Film Shortlist

28 Years Later
Black Bag
Bob Trevino Likes It
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Friendship
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
The Life of Chuck
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme
The Plague
Sinners
Splitsville
Superman
Train Dreams
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons

Best Animated Film Shortlist

In Your Dreams
KPop Demon Hunters
The Legend of Hei 2
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Ne Zha 2
Predator: Killer of Killers
Zootopia 2

Best Director Shortlist

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley – Train Dreams
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Michael Angelo Covino – Splitsville
Zach Cregger – Weapons
James Gunn – Superman
Park Chan-Wook – No Other Choice
Charlie Polinger – The Plague
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Steven Soderbergh – Black Bag

Best Lead Performance Shortlist

Everett Blunck – The Plague
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
David Corenswet – Superman
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Michael Fassbender – Black Bag
Barbie Ferreira – Bob Trevino Likes It
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Liam Neeson – The Naked Gun
Josh O’Connor – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best Supporting Performance Shortlist

Pamela Anderson – The Naked Gun
Miles Caton – Sinners
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Nicholas Hoult – Superman
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
John Leguizamo – Bob Trevino Likes It
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value
French Stewart – Bob Trevino Likes It
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Breakout of the Year Shortlist

Clint Bentley – Train Dreams
Everett Blunck – The Plague
Miles Caton – Sinners
Aidan Delbis – Bugonia
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Jacobi Jupe – Hamnet
Tracie Laymon – Bob Trevino Likes It
Charlie Polinger – The Plague
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Alfie Williams – 28 Years Later

Best Original Screenplay Shortlist

Black Bag
Bob Trevino Likes It
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
The Plague
Sinners
Splitsville
Weapons

Best Adapted Screenplay Shortlist

28 Years Later
Bugonia
Frankenstein
The Life of Chuck
The Naked Gun
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Superman
Train Dreams

Best Musical Score Shortlist

28 Years Later
Black Bag
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Plague
Sinners
Superman
Tron: Ares
Weapons

Best Editing Shortlist

28 Years Later
Black Bag
Highest 2 Lowest
The Life of Chuck
Marty Supreme
The Naked Gun
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Splitsville

Best Cinematography Shortlist

28 Years Later
Black Bag
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
The Plague
Sinners
Train Dreams
Weapons

Best Special Effects Shortlist

Avatar: Fire and Ash
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Frankenstein
The Lost Bus
Mickey 17
Predator: Badlands
Sinners
Superman
Tron: Ares

Best Stunt / Movement Choreography Shortlist

Eddington
Fight or Flight
The Life of Chuck
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Predator: Badlands
Splitsville
The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Foreign Language Film Shortlist

Cloud
It Was Just an Accident
Left-Handed Girl
No Other Choice
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
Rental Family
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Universal Language
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Documentary Shortlist

Are We Good?
Deaf President Now!
Disposable Humanity
Grand Theft Hamlet
Hacking at Leaves
Orwell: 2+2=5
Pavements
The Perfect Neighbor
The Tenderness Tour

Best Vocal / Motion Capture Performance Shortlist

Oona Chaplin – Avatar: Fire and Ash
Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Will Patton – Train Dreams
Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi – Predator: Badlands
Zhu Jing – The Legend of Hei 2